Nepal

Geography Nepal is located in Southern Asia. Nepal is a landlocked country that is as big as Arkansas. Nepal is about 800 kilometers (497 mi) and along its Himalayan axis it is 150 to 250 kilometers (93 to 155 mi) across. Nepal is between India and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. Nepal contains the worlds tallest mountain Mount Everest (29,035 ft; 8,850 m). Along Nepal's southern boarder, it has a strip of level land that is partly forested and partly cultivated. North of there is the slope of the main selection of the Himalayan range that includes Everest and many other peaks higher than 8,000 m. Nepal's latitude and longitude is, 26.5333 degrees north is the latitude and the longitude is 86.7333 degrees east. Since Nepal is a landlocked country it cannot have access to the sea so Nepal depends on India for goods transport facilities and…

Location of Nepal Nepal is roughly has a rectangular in shape. It runs in direction of northwest-southeast, expanding about 850km from west to east, and 200 km from north to south. There are eight of world’s ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest, which is known as the highest one in the world located at the foot of the Himalayas, Nepal. Map of Nepal and Neighbouring Countries Having a border line of 2400 km, Nepal is fenced by China to the north and India to the east, west and…

If the death of 16 people doesn’t stop a government from continuing what they are doing and not changing any laws to prevent any future incidents of their people then then doesn’t that sound unjust and should we not take a stand to change this? This is what’s being done to Sherpas in Nepal, they risk their own lives guiding tourists up Mount Everest but don’t get enough credit, money or respect for it. A sherpas job consists of lugging tourists’ gear, guiding them up the mountain, and clearing…

Democratic Republic of Nepal is influenced by heavy modern cultures but the inhabitants are still loyal to the ancient traditions of their ancestors whose blood runs through their veins. Habitation of Nepal began thousands of years ago as a native asian tribe known as the Kirat migrated to the land of Nepal. “The ancestors of this tribe if identified, comes to Nahor; the younger brother of Abraham, a resident of Ur in Babylon. He belonged to the Semitic family. When the Hebrew people under the…

The Maoists have always put Nepal on a dangerous roller coaster ride towards a crash. Every time they have been active or been at the political helm, the country has suffered miserably and lost part of its soul. The Maoist Prime Minister Pusha Kamal Dahal has taken the country to a new depth, as never before, by eroding its standing in the world and its sovereingty and independence. Although the Maoist leaders alone are not the only culprit in Nepal 's growing humiliation, they are at its…

The Inevitable State of Development in Nepal Beginning in the early 19th century, all countries began to diverge away from each other in terms of development. Before this time, all countries were relatively equal in terms of wealth, life expectancy, mortality rate, and other factors of development. Then, all of these countries began to become wealthier, healthier, and more education, but some grew faster than others based on their location, history, government policies, economic policies, and…

The Contemporary Operational Environment of Nepal Members of the United States Armed Forces must be ready at all times to deploy into various environments. Whether friendly or hostile, one would have to understand the current contemporary operational environment (COE) variables to develop a successful strategic plan. The subsequent information details on the three main COE factors concerning operations in the country of Nepal which are economy, infrastructure and politics, and how they should…

modern districts of South and West Sikkim as well as Darjeeling. It coincided with the Sino-Gorkha war (1788-1792) (Mullard 2011: 177). The document held at Sikkimese Palace Archives gives the idea that Sikkimese Generals had considerable role in the Sino-Gorkha war. In the document PD/9.5/006, the Chinese Amban writes to the commander of the Sikkimese Army, Yug phyog thub, “to invade Nepal if the Gorkhas invade Tibet”, thus opening a second front which the Gorkha army would need to defend,…

I interviewed Lachhu Thapa, aged 37 and who lived in Nepal for 26 years before moving to Australia. He has a deep insight on the cultural developments and changes that have occurred as he has spent most of his life in Katmandu the heart of Nepal and still visits every 3 months with tour groups that he runs. It is clear from the interview that education and lifestyle is constantly changing. In his view this is because of many western influences, which have been both positive and negative. Whilst…

we are in the fourth generation era of mobile phones, where they have been transformed into portable computers with the launch of smartphones (Bird, 2014). In the context of Nepal, there is a dramatic increase in the use of smartphones and they have become a basic need rather than a luxury commodity. For the environmental analysis, I have taken in consideration the smartphones manufactured by Gionee Communication Equipment Co. Ltd., a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, founded in 2002. After a…